Aswān Governorate

Aswān Governorate is the southernmost governorate in Upper Egypt, its capital is Aswan. It is known for the Aswan Dam or Aswan High Dam, the world's largest embankment dam, which was built across the Nile in Aswan. It produces enormous amounts of electricity and also ended the yearly Nile floods. On the down side it produces enormous amounts of electricity which are used for producing aluminium, which is a great environmental hazard, and also ended the yearly Nile floods, which had numerous drawbacks. For one the fields were not irrigated nor provided with fertilizer anymore. But also the multiple channels in the Nile delta were not flushed any more and became the source of multiple diseases, especially bilharzia. Also the temple of Abu Simbel, which was flooded by the forming lake, was relocated to a higher place.

• Abu Simbel

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